socializing working puppies - Page 1

I like long movie lines, everyone loves puppy's and come at them with the hands out and over them and they also get exposed to different races, culture and body smells.

i also like play grounds with little kids, they handle dogs differently than adults. They also have ice cream dripping from their hands and suckers in the other hand and babies with strollers. Then there is the play ground equipment they can learn to play on, slides, merry go rounds. lots of fun.

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Sounds like you already have a plan , and its like mine,,,everywhere, on playgrounds,  parking lots and I take them inbetween the cars at Lowes and go up to where the lumber is loaded and the heavy  equipment that makes noises,,,take him to work where noise and construction of a house  where power tools and hammers are pounding ,   take to a farm with ducks, geese and animals that fly and make noises.....once on a schutz track in Austin area,  a pen of ducks or geese were accross the way where the sch 1 track was laid and the sch 2 track    boy was that a doozie.....most of the dogs had never heard a guinnea or duck or goose scream and make noises.....it was very worrisome for alll........

k91010, do not be sorry for intruding, you are going to have to develope a thicker skin here. You will find a lot of help on this board and lots of opinions. It can also get pretty nasty at times. Just ignore the nasty and take advantage of the education. Even the ones who fuss will help out when it comes to the dogs.

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We just got a Mali pup and she's a joy to socialize - nothing phases her.  My personal voodoo includes exposing the puppy to challenging terrain - climbing over fallen tree limbs, scrambling over stones slick with wet moss, swimming, crawling through thick underbrush, etc.

It's a pleasure to watch a well bred pup improve in agility and strength.  Best wishes to you and your pup!

Yvette

I like train stations and construction sites. Also, playgrounds and bustling city.

Train tracks, they are noisy, have lots of equipment and  the rocks on the tracks are shaped weird. Toughens up the feet and mind. We took some of ours to gravel pits to watch big trucks roll by, always to different parks. I walk through town for traffic, walk by the baseball diamonds for noise, people and when it is empty use the stands for stair climbing and heights. Ponds, lakes, rivers, sand, heavy brush, fallen trees, mounds of dirt, trenches, anything that looks or smells different.

We have a big, popular mall-plaza with tons of people, kids, smells, noises, cars, and a few dogs too. Beaches, swimming pools, wooded areas, farms/ranches, etc. Is Petco/PetSmart an ok place to socialize pups?

~Lauren